Window-cleaner.



No. 765,314. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

H. A. HAYDEN. WINDOW CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 31, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. HAYDEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HAYDENIMPLEMENT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,314, dated July 19,1904.

Application filed October 31, 1903.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HENRY A. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in J ersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey, have Anotherfeature of the invention resides in the simple and inexpensive meansemployed for securing the parts together.-

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cleaner. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectionalview illustrating the nieansemployed for securing together the backingand the absorbent material. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken at w in Fig.2, but showing slight variation in the means for securing the partstogether. Fig. 5 is a means for attaching a handle to the cleaner.

A designates the grip-block.

B designates the backing, preferably of rubher and about one-eighth ofan inch thick.

U designates the absorbent material, preferably sponge in relativelysmall pieces.

The backing B will be, by preference, of oblong rectangularform and ofsuch dimensions as to project beyond the wooden block A all around, sothat in use it will serve as a soft and yielding fender between theharder block and the glass or woodwork being cleaned.

in constructing the cleaner the sponge C is secured to the face of thebacking, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, by means of cord or stout thread a,sewed through the backing and made to take over and embrace the sponge,so as to draw it up firmly to the backing and secure it thereto. Eachseparate piece of sponge must be thus secured in place.

The grip-block A is secured to the backing by the means shown best inFig. 2. On the Serial No. 179,260. (No model.)

back of the block is an attaching-plate D, by which a handle may besecured removably to the cleaner, if desired, and in this plate are twoholes at b b. A pieceof strong wireE is bent and its ends passed throughsaid holes Z2 6 and driven through the block and backing. The surplusportions 0 c of the said ends are then bent until they lie fiat againstthe under surface of the backing B, and staples d are driven in to holdthem in place.

Fig. 4 shows a slight variation from the single bent securing-wire E. Inthis con struetion two wire nails E are employed. The result is,however, substantially the same. This view, Fig. 4, also shows how theflexible backing B, secured to the block only along its median line, maybend away from it freely about its margin.

. When the implement is used without a long handle, the hand grasps theblock A as a convenient grip; but means are provided for attaching'along handle to the implement removably, as seen in Figs. 4. and 5. Theplate D is tapered and undercut along its sides, and a tapered slide Fis made to pass over said plate D at its narrower end and is then pushedup until it fits snugly. A hinged keeper Gr on the slide is then swungaround, so as to take over the end of the plate D and keep the slide Ffrom slipping oif. To the slide F is secured an adjustable socket I fora handle H. This means for securing a handle removably to the block A isonly briefly described herein, as it is described and claimed in anotherapplication of mine now pending, Serial No. 164,740, filed July 8, 1903,and is illustrated in this application merely to show how the implementmay be provided with a removable and adjustable handle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A cleaning implement,comprising a gripblook, an absorbent material, and a backing for theabsorbent material, said backing disposed between the latter and saidgrip, said backing being composed of soft and moderately-flexiblewaterproof material and being secured to the grip-block along its medianline and projecting out beyond the latter to form a fender,substantially as described.

2. Acleaningirnplement, comprisingagripblock of hard material, abacking-sheet of rubber, and an absorbent material secured to saidbackingsheet, the said sheet being secured to the grip by fastenings ofstout wire which extend through the grip and backing and are bent downupon the face of the latter and secured thereto.

3. A cleaning implement, comprising a backing-sheet of rubber, spongesecured to the face of said sheet by flexible means, and a gripblockof'wood secured to the outer face or" the backing and along the medianline'of the latseams the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY A. HAYDEN.

Witnesses: BENJAMiN H. HOLT, WILLnm/r J. FIRTH.

